One of the S&P 500’s big losers for Wednesday January 06 was KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC). The company’s stock fell 3.4% to $66.40 on volume of
992,164 shares.

The stock opened the day at 67.71 and traded between a low of $66.09 and a high of $68.24. The stock finished the day down $2.34 per share. KLA-Tencor Corp. has an average
daily volume of 2.15 million and a total float of 155.95 million shares. The 50-day SMA for KLA-Tencor Corp. is $67.26 and its 200-day SMA is $57.40.
The high for the stock over the last 52 weeks is $71.13 and the low is $44.95.

KLA-Tencor Corp is a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries.

KLA-Tencor Corp. is centered in Milpitas, CA, and has 5,880 employees. Today’s trading day leaves the company with a market cap of $10.35 billion. The company has a P/S ratio of n/a, P/B ratio of 35.13, and a 23.1.

The S&P 500 represents the industry standard for large-cap indices. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) may be the most visible stock market index in the country, the S&P 500 has long been
relied on by industry insiders and fund managers as the more reliable gauge of portfolio performance.

While the DJIA is price-weighted and only includes 30 stocks, the S&P 500 uses a weighting system that factors in market cap and the size of a company’s free float while including some 500 stocks
for a more comprehensive look at the broader markets’ performance. Its performance is far more representative of the large- and mega-cap stocks for any period of time.

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